generative
/ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.77 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having the power of generating, propagating, originating, or producing.
adj
Example Sentences
- "That generative particle."
- "Of course, structures like those associated with (36) and (37) constitute only a tiny subset of the infinite set of well-formed sentence structures found in English. We can increase the Generative Capacity of our grammar ( = the set of structures which it generates) either by expanding the Lexicon on the one hand, or by expanding the Categorial Rules (i.e. Phrase Structure Rules) on the other."
- "The document states that despite its ongoing advancements, generative AI is liable to the United States’s current copyright principles, which take a strict stance on what material—human- or machine-made—qualifies for protection."
- "Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose."
- "This ceremony seals the covenant in the flesh of the male generative organ."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin genero Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf Middle English generatyve English generative Inherited from Middle English generatyve. By surface analysis, generate + -ive. Compare French génératif.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒɛnəɹətɪv/
Inflected Forms
more generative (comparative)
most generative (superlative)